PETALING JAYA: Politicians including Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and the public have told off Perkasa vice-president Datuk Zulkifli Noordin for his insensitive tweets over the tragic death of Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh.

Only hours after the 1am car crash which claimed the lives of Karpal and his assistant, C. Michael on Thursday, Zulkifli went on Twitter to share how he sees Karpal’s death as a step ahead for the implementation of hudud law in Kelantan.

Zulkifli via his account @zulkiflinoordin had tweeted: “Dlm keadaan kemelut Krjn PAS Klntn mau mlaksanakn hudud dgn bantuan UMNO,Allah tlh mmatikn Karpal yg mnjadi pnentang utama prlaksanaannya! (At a time where PAS Kelantan is in plans to introduce hudud with the help of Umno, Allah has brought upon the death of Karpal who was a main opponent to its implementation!)."

The Syariah lawyer and politician then added: "Moga prjuangn utk mlaksanakn hudud d Kltn brjaya.Alhmdlhh dgn ksatuan aqidah UMNO-PAS & ktiadaan Karpal,saya prcaya laluan makin dprmudahkn! (May the fight for hudud in Kelantan be successful. Alhamdulillah, with the unity of belief among Umno and PAS, and without the presence of Karpal, I believe the path has been cleared!).”

Zulkifli then appeared to have a change of heart, posting up a short paragraph in memory of Karpal.

The response received 1330 retweets by politicians, the public and national figures including Marina Mahathir and former Termerloh MP Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin also came to Karpal’s defence, saying: “Have you no heart? Even Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, gave respect to the bodies of Jews when they came across his path (as far as I know) .